David Baldwin–former partner and exec creative director at McKinney in Durham, N.C., and current chairman of The One Club–has launched BALDWIN&, his own creative practice offering advertising, design and brand content services. The new Durham-based venture opens with six staffers–including former McKinney group creative director Bob Ranew–and project-based client Nortel…..New York-based Madison Park Pictures has signed international spot director Martin Aamund for U.S. representation. He joins a directorial roster that includes Michael Sucsy, Vincent Jerome, Lucas Blank, Thomas Chou, Rojo, Roger Kumble, Manuel Neves, Ndaya and Earle Sebastian….Los Angeles-based Boxer Films has added directors John Allardice and Jason Wulfsohn to its lineup. Cutting his filmmaking teeth as an Emmy Award-winning CG supervisor for television, Allardice also supervised spots and features at Digital Domain. His directorial credits include commercials for Hyundai, Pontiac, Sony and the U.S. Navy. Allardice also served as a VFX supervisor, creative director and director at Sway Studios and Speedshape LA. Meanwhile Wulfsohn, who comes aboard Boxer to helm commercials, has 10-plus years experience as a creative and director spanning multiple media formats. He will continue to run ONE/x, LA, the agency he founded in 2008, as well as direct feature films. His feature directing credits include The Bone Snatcher (’02) and the recent Tracing Cowboys. He co-wrote and helmed the latter which picked up the HDNet Award for best feature at the AFI Fest in Dallas….
Director Cassandra Brooksbank Joins Monument Content For Spots and Branded Content
Monument Content has signed director Cassandra “Cassie” Brooksbank for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content. She brings to her directing and storytelling the experience and skills of a writer, conceptual artist, editor and visual effects artist.
Her body of work as a director includes Pepsi’s “Selfie” featuring Lionel Messi amid a flurry of fans, Barclays madcap women’s Soccer League spot where she collaborated closely with the agency to develop the creative, ultimately winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sports Industry Awards, and a grass-roots campaign for Fellow Coffee. The latter just didn’t brew buzz; it helped raise $1.2 million on Kickstarter.
Prior to joining Monument Content, Brooksbank had been repped in the U.S. for commercials by production house Hey Wonderful.
On the long-form front, she is repped by CAA for film and television. And on the horizon is her debut feature, My Masterpiece, produced by Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions and backed by Amazon.
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